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...down to 2,400, from 3,000 in 1980. Fister's Department Store is out of business. Iowa Public Service has trouble collecting electric bills from nearly bankrupt farmers, and the utility's Sac City office has dropped from six employees to two. Bill Brenney, the town's remaining optometrist, says, "People are spreading payments way out. Accounts receivable are way up." The town's children look elsewhere for jobs, and not even fathers can help sons. Says Ralph Youll, co-owner of Youll Plumbing and Heating: "We've only made money one year in the last five...
...child in Akron, where her father was an optometrist, she practiced the piano religiously for an hour every day, even though she often hated it. As a student at Akron's Firestone High School, she was a member of the honor society, the French club, the chemistry club and the math club (the only girl among 15 boys), and had perfect scores of 800 on her Scholastic Aptitude Tests. "I can still see this little, short brunet in bobby socks and saddle shoes, quiet as a mouse," said Donald Nutter, a math teacher. "If you had a question...
...boniatos (sweet potatoes); old men play excitedly at dominoes in the main park. Little but Spanish is heard on the streets and indeed in many offices and shops. A Hispanic in need of a haircut, a pair of eyeglasses or legal advice can visit a Spanish-speaking barber, optometrist or lawyer. In the barrios of Los Angeles, an Argentine can watch the latest movies from his homeland at any of a dozen theaters, while a Guatemalan can find a soccer league composed entirely of players from the country he left. In Chicago, says Ariel Zapata, a journalist who emigrated from...
...happy-go-lucky student, I enjoy the proliferation of eateries and record stores until I need to transact some "real life" business--that I usually save for trips home. But how must it feel to live here and watch your neighborhood optometrist, or vacuum repairman clear out to make way or yet another video arcade...
...from shopping. Although consumer prices have been increasing at an annual rate of less than 2% since the beginning of the year, many people still do not believe that the inflationary fever that raged during much of the 1970s has subsided. Says Kay Cooper, a receptionist in a Manhattan optometrist's office: "I don't see inflation coming down at all. It still costs a fortune just to use the subway and the bus." Adds New York Businessman Alfred Sandberg: "You feel that if you don't buy something today, tomorrow the price will...